TS2966 My ipod has deleted all the music but has now gained 7.4mb in 'other'. I don't know what this is and want my music back on it. Help?!

I have plugged in my ipod into my windows computer, scanned and fixed it (which was recommended), now when I tried to sync it again, I couldn't because the memory was used up with 'other'. I don't know what this is and how I can get rid of it, I have no music, films, photos, contacts on it, so am completely stuck! Help me please!

A large amount of other usually signals corrupt software and/or files that were synced to the device.  You'll need to restore the iPod via iTunse to reduce it down to a much much smaller size.
B-rock

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